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Professional Practice Core Competencies

Introduction

In 2017 SEGD surveyed 220 firm leaders to understand the importance of Core Competences in their studios. The full Skills Survey can be viewed here.81% said that understanding core EGD competences was important or extremely important to them. What the survey also revealed was that the firm leaders considered knowledge of professional practice competences as even more important than design competences as a professional moves from junior to mid to senior levels in their firms.

The following are the Professional Practice Core Competencies that designers need to learn in order to progress in their careers.

Business and Project Management Skills

Marketing and Business Development Skills

Communication Skills

Business and project management skills are the number one priority for mid level and senior staff to develop. They are the most important skills leaders feel the studio as a whole must develop and they are the number one skill studio leaders think need to be learned to improve profitability and even for junior designers, they are the third most important skill set firm leaders are looking to develop!